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- Tyler is a senior in high school and had a serious girlfriend for the first time. He is head over heels in love with her and had visions of getting married after college. They are going to different universities but in the same city about half an...
- This is unrelated to being a grandparent more extended family related so I hope you dont mind if I vent about things.I only have one sibling. My brother has been an alcoholic since he was a teen and was also heavily into drugs then but I dont...
- I can't believe Tyler's a senior already and will be 18 in a couple of weeks. He was invited to a football game, visit with the coaches, and tour a college campus, so tomorrow we're off to Iowa. This year will be a year of "last's" - last high...
- I'm sorry to say that my father passed away. Dad was living on his own near us and doing fine. Then suddenly he began showing symptoms of dementia and was diagnosed with Alzheimers. He went into a memory care facility and deteriorated very, very...
- My dad passed away Saturday. He had numerous episodes of very low blood pressure and they never really found the cause. He was brought to ER because is was so low he was having difficulty breathing. Despite strong blood pressure meds and fluids,...
- Is anyone else on Medicare with a grandchild in college? If so, what do you do about health insurance for your grandchild? I've been thinking ahead because Tyler will graduate high school next year and will not be covered under MA, so we will need...
- This is off topic as far as raising my GS so hope it's okay to post. Haven't been on for a few weeks - life has been so frantic. My dad has Alzheimer's and he's now in a Memory Care facility. I only have one brother who is disabled with...
- I haven't been on much lately. August 17 we took our 9-year-old granddaughter (not the grandchild we're raising) on a camping trip. We took our bicycles with us and I had a bike accident. Didn't seem too major - bruised one leg along the entire...
- Between all of the doctor appointments, trips to ER, hospitalizations, care conferences, etc. I'm using up my PTO at an alarming rate. Yesterday was bad because he had an appointment at 1:00 and I planned to take my lunch hour then so I wouldn't...
- My grandson's principal told me this story recently because she said it shows that he has great leadership potential and he cares about doing the right thing even if he doesn't know someone is watching.A teacher was out sick so the class had a...
- I came to a big decision yesterday and am about to make some huge changes in my life. I look at my handsome grandson I'm raising whos already 16 years old and my beautiful granddaughter whos 9 now and cant believe they are growing up so fast! I...
- My dad was the nicest person - everyone loved him. He was always friendly, joking with people, lots of friends, and everyone loved him. He hated cursing and would reprimand anyone he heard who cursed.The dementia has made him a totally different...
- There was an opening at a Memory Care facility and we're moving Dad tomorrow! I'm hoping the much smaller home-like atmosphere, having his own furniture again, and the staff with special dementia training will help with his agitation.
- I won't be able to get Dad into the Memory Care unit until they can get his meds regulated so he stops his angry outbursts. He's currently in a nursing home and every day he goes through at least one period where he shouts that he's going to leave...
- A co-worker asked me how my dad is doing because she'd heard he has Alzheimers and I'm trying to take care of him while raising my grandson. When she said something about the 'sandwich generation', I reminded her that I'm sandwiched between my...